golang-patterns

Idiomatic Go patterns apply community-approved best practices for simplicity, zero-value usability, and struct composition to prevent bugs and technical debt. They standardize error handling, concurrency, and package design for maintainable codebases.

Handle errors and concurrency safely in Go by applying standardized approaches for error wrapping, context usage, worker pools, and graceful shutdown. These patterns prevent common pitfalls and ensure maintainable code.

Refactor legacy Go code by identifying anti-patterns, applying functional options for configuration, and optimizing performance using preallocated slices and sync.Pool. This transitions the codebase to idiomatic Go.

Yes, you can use this to review Go pull requests for idiomatic consistency. It identifies non-idiomatic code and suggests improvements for error handling, concurrency safety, and interface design.

The best way to design Go packages and modules is by following Go's design philosophy for simplicity and proper interface design. Applying functional options and struct composition ensures standardized, maintainable package architecture.